A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra noted that women officers in the Army were being compelled to repeatedly approach Court in this regard despite earlier orders in their favour.
It, thus, directed the concerned selection board to reconvene and conduct a fresh empanelment exercise within a fortnight, without disturbing those already promoted to Colonel rank.
“The attitude has been to defy the orders of this court and not mete out their just entitlement. Women officers have been compelled to move this court for realisation of their rights. The manner in which the women officers have been denied empanelment as colonel based on selection process is arbitrary“, the bench noted.
Source: Barandbench
